Egga, a trading town of Gando, in the Niger Company's territory, on the Niger, with a pop. of 10,000 to 15,000. Pottery, iron, gold, and wooden wares, thick cloth, generally dyed blue, and leather are manufactured, and an active river trade is carried on, especially in ivory.
Egga
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 4: Dionysius to Friction, p. 230
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